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hierarchy

system of elements with multiple levels or tiers that are subordinated to each other
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Summary

hierarchy is a type of structure[1]. hierarchy draws 5,091 Wikipedia views per month (type of structure category, ranking #3 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: conceptual system[3], structure[4], series[5]
  • Commons category: Hierarchy[6]
  • Opposite of: heterarchy[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hierarchy[8]
  • Facet of: organizational behavior studies[9]
  • Described by source: Lean Logic[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[12]
  • Has characteristic: order[13], order of precedence[14]
  • P14541: 3TJHOA[15], DMNhn[16]

Why It Matters

hierarchy has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] hierarchy is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Lean Logic

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Kinsio · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → conceptual system, structure, series
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: series"
  2. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → hierarchy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: hierarchy, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289937587|hierarchy (#289937587)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3TJHOA, DMNhn
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 623, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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